The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other cultures, so they don’t interfere in whatever is related to the future of Syria or the Syrian people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAny American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be many doubles the strike itself.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring.
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That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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Since the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians left that areas to join the government areas, not vice versa. If the majority of the Syrians don’t trust the government, they should go the other way.
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We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It’s cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It’s not related to the crisis.
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We don’t discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don’t have it. It’s a Syrian issue ; it’s a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.
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In any war, people will pay the price.
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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.
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I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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If you ask Americans whether they’ve been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they’ll tell you that it’s a very difficult proposition.
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Its not about learning to trust. Its about learning what it is I place my trust in and why. Its like learning to see the forest for the trees. You cannot see the forest for the trees unless you are outside the forest.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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